Is being a happy person genetic. I always choose to be happy, but i just cannot find it.?

Question

Is being a happy person genetic. I always choose to be happy, but i just cannot find it.?

Answer 1

I truly think it's genetic. Some people can be happy out of effort but I think generally, it's that some are more prone to happiness/good moods/optimism than others are. No matter how hard I try to put myself in a good mood, I always go back to the apathetic state I'm usually in. With happy people, they can try to be negative but I'm sure they bounce back to being happy because that's the way they normally are. If you look at babies, some are more giggly and smiley while others are fussy or uneasily amused. It feels unfair that others are more blessed in that way and naturally have that advantage but I guess that's life.

Answer 2

Looking for happiness is a "grass is always greener" situation.  Instead of looking for some way to be happy outside of where you are now, you are never going to find happiness where you are now.

Also, if you find yourself in good situations, but fail to find any measure of happiness every time - then perhaps being evaluated for depression is called for.  There is a genetic component to depression.

Answer 3

I choose to be happy and they way i got here was find God and stay close.

I try to help someone every day and i try to do the next right thing.

I have been happy for 6 years now at age 63.

Answer 4

There are some choice and lifestyle influences on happiness, so it is not always necessarily genetic. But clinical depression, the inability to be happy no matter what choices are made, is definitely genetic. It's caused by weak receptors in the brain for a neurotransmitter called serotonin, and it runs in many, many families. Children born with this genetic trait don't even know they're depressed - they think everyone thinks about the world like they do.

I think that anyone that is not suffering from a disorder like depression (meaning people who are more inclined to be happy than sad) are not being influenced genetically. There aren't any reported neurological cases of a beneficial imbalance of serotonin that causes a person to be more happy. However, socialization and parenting can have a large effect on a person's worldview, and they could learn to be optimistic and happier than most people who share the same genetic serotonin balances that way.

Answer 5

no. apples don't fall far from the tree.

Answer 6

sorry what can u not find?

i know for me being happy is a choice, i liken it (i guess) to buddhist principles..its like if i choose to be happy, that is my choice..u have to work at it i guess.

as far as genetics is concerned i think there is argument in anthropology about genetically being predisposed to that. its a tricky one i think.